The Bauchi State Government has swiftly moved to curtail the spread of Meningitis in the prison where overcrowding is rife.
A patient of Meningtis
The Bauchi State Primary Health Care Development Agency has
vaccinated 1,400 inmates and 240 prisons’ staff against Cerebro Spinal
Meningitis (CSM).
Mr Adamu Gamawa, the Chairman of the agency, made this known in
Bauchi on Thursday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria.
According to him, the proactive measure is to prevent the
occurrence of the disease among prison inmates in view of the congestion
in the prisons.
He said that the measure would be replicated in similar public facilities to prevent the spread of the disease.
The chairman said that the agency had requested for more vaccines
from the National Primary Health Care Agency to scale up preventive
measures.
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